DEPILATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they depilate ... he / she / it depilates

Past simple: depilated

Past participle: depilated

-ing form: depilating

Meaning:

Remove body hair

Example:

epilate her legs

Synonyms:

depilate; epilate

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "depilate" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

depilation (the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin))

depilator (a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair)

depilatory (able to remove hair or render hairless)